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Best Reason to Live Here in the Winter

Well, I may be biased (coming from Fargo), but the best damn reason to live here in the winter is definitely the weather. And not just the weather -- the fact that we get incredible, crisp, white snowstorms that dump inches to feet of snow all over the sprawling city and that within 48 hours (only two days) it can be ALL GONE! Like you never knew it was here! There is no such thing as accumulation throughout the winter. We don't even know what 100 inches of snow looks like in town! But we still get all the benefits of winter (skiing, snow-capped mountains, snow-coated branches, hockey, fireplaces). Colorado must have been first in line for seasons when they were being doled out. So, the next time we get a blizzard ... the kind that makes you dig out your scarf and take an extra 20 minutes to get to work, relax, enjoy it and realize we've got it made. It's not that cold or it wouldn't be snowing, the snow gives the city a majestic look and